My next attempt with HDR in real estate
One nice offshoot of my first take with HDR is that another agent asked me to shoot one of his listings. Of course I obliged and was determined to fix some of the things I didn’t like with my earlier shoot. In general, I am pleased with the results.
One thing that I am pleased with in these shots is that I did not blow out the windows as I did before. In my first attempt I was a bit lazy and just set the camera to bracket the exposures. This time, I metered the windows and then metered the darkest part of the room, then took a shot each stop in between. I like the results of this much better.
Of course, there are some things I would like to improve.
In the shot above, I feel the effect of the light on the right is too strong. On one hand, I like the light there. However I do not like the strong light on the wall and I need to figure out eventually a good way to get rid of it.
Kitchens are difficult rooms due to all of the reflections. I think I did decently here, though I would prefer to get rid of the reflection on the floor and the sink is a tad overexposed. I could probably clone out the reflection on the floor, but there are probably better ways. The next time I think I’ll try turning out the lights for one or two shots when I suspect reflections will be an issue. I am curious to see what Photomatix does in this case. Of course, here the reflections were coming from the window so it may not have helped.
One thing I would like to get better at is making the windows ‘pop’ more. I have read about ways to do this using exposure blending and I think I’ll try it out some time. With the pure HDR effect, I feel that the windows are a bit dull, though you can see out of them well.
I’m happy though that this is a step in the right direction. I have several other shoots already planned as Nelya has several more listings coming and a new agent will use me.
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